It was a blast at #ScienceOnTap in Tempe last night sharing the latest cannabis and hemp research at ASU West Valley with Dr. Ken Sweat and other members of the lab!!! 🌿 🍺 🧪 🔬 🤩 🧵 1/2
#CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

Insanity. www.science.org/content/arti...

Thousands more recent federal hires receive warnings of their easy-to-fire status The Trump administration is ratcheting up its efforts to push federal workers out of government.

The government gutting the USDA, among other federal agencies. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

College Republicans United asks students to report fellow classmates to ICE this Friday - The Arizona State Press A CRU tabling event near the Memorial Union this Friday asking students to report fellow students to ICE is facing backlash from members of the University and surrounding community.

www.statepress.com/article/2025...

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Orders Federal Grants Pause

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Why on earth am I reading the news this week?

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders : Shots - Health News

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump’s Executive Order Ignores Science to Push Discriminatory Agenda Trump’s Executive Order neither defends women nor states any “biological truth.” It attempts to erase the existence of transgender and intersex people.

interactadvocates.org/trumps-execu...

Energy sector shifts climate crisis responsibility to consumers The energy sector is creating a myth that individual action is enough to address climate change, University of Sydney research claims. Read more.

www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

The first insect eradicated in the USA and then Mexico using the Sterile Insect Technique is making its way back. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

From a friend:

The Arizona State University is seeking a Director for the Biocollections, which comprise ASU Natural History Collections and the ASU NEON Biorepository.
apply.interfolio.com/159166

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

Mais carrement.

Louse - Chelopistes meleagridis An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

It is that magical time of the year when we entomologists make everyone else aware of the Large Turkey Louse.

Ideal to bring up during awkward pauses in conversation today.

First post on here. Happy to wake up in a country that elected a woman. Cheers from Mexico!